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jpbollma

(552 posts) Tue Jun 12, 2012, 11:10 PM Jun 2012

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North Dakota Rejects Property-Tax Elimination

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303901504577463363283409068.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

North Dakota voters overwhelmingly rejected a constitutional amendment that would have made it the first U.S. state without property taxes.

With 63% of precincts reporting, the measure was rejected by 78% to 22%.

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Good news for sanity!

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North Dakota Rejects Property-Tax Elimination (Original Post) jpbollma Jun 2012 OP

How did they get 78% to vote against it? hrmjustin Jun 2012 #1

I guess some actually appreciates their SoutherDem Jun 2012 #2

Maybe they realized that the devil you don't know XemaSab Jun 2012 #3

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

1. How did they get 78% to vote against it?

Reply to jpbollma (Original post)

Tue Jun 12, 2012, 11:24 PM

Jun 2012

The people must have realized that they would loose a lot of government services.

SoutherDem

(2,307 posts)

2. I guess some actually appreciates their

Reply to jpbollma (Original post)

Tue Jun 12, 2012, 11:42 PM

Jun 2012

teachers, firefighters and police.

Just who was the jackass who thought of that to being with, how were they to do without the revenue?

XemaSab

(60,212 posts)

3. Maybe they realized that the devil you don't know

Reply to jpbollma (Original post)

Tue Jun 12, 2012, 11:49 PM

Jun 2012

is worse than the devil you know.

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